Unsurprisingly, I did decide to preorder that Bucky/Cap action figure after all. Mainly because I knew I'd be kicking myself eventually if I didn't. And if he's too tall he can sit in the back.
I haven't been acquiring as many action figures as I used to. Part of this is because we have so many now, and even if some of them are on the injured list, a little duct tape means that most of them are still playable if you're careful. You know, like being careful not to lean Ms. Marvel over because her head tends to fall off. (Is that a sign that she might be a skrull?) I keep meaning to learn action figure repair but so far I find the information I've found online to be rather daunting. It's a lot more involved than putting new hair in Barbie dolls!
Certainly, we already have so many of the characters we'd want that there aren't a lot of must-haves among the newer ones. (I will confess that we have multiple Iron Men, but it's hard to resist the armor.) I'm semi-tempted by Tigra and Union Jack but I don't know that I'll get them--so many of the Hasbro Marvel Legends (such as the Golden Age Bucky, and of course the infamous Emma Frost) just haven't been that attractive.
But we also just have so many figures, period. The thirteen-year-old did a quick head count and there are about 99. At some point you simply run out of room.
So I don't think I'll be doing as many action figure posts as I used to because, well, we've got enough, and I'll be limiting my purchases to those figures I really want. Like the shiny-suited Cap. (And if they ever do make a Winter Soldier, that's coming home, believe you me!)
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